Idea Exchange | Forest Dining Club Project Sharing Session 2

Idea Exchange | Eastern idea - Talk to nature 1

Idea Exchange | From design to research: recording rural construction

2017-10-26

Idea Exchange | Art Work - “Thousands miles of mountains and rivers”

2017-10-24

Media | PLAT ASIA wins GERMAN DESIGN AWARD-WINNER 2018

2017-10-20

In the official announcement of German Design Council on 20th Oct, 2017, Xiangshawan Lotus Hotel designed by PLAT ASIA was honored with GERMAN DESIGN AWARD-WINNER 2018. Established in 1953, German Design Award has been the top of crème in German design industry, attracting competitive candidates all over the world, and hence has been addressed as Award of Award.

Idea Exchange | Reading Session - Lob des Schattens

2017-10-20

The reading session this month was held by designer Li Jianxin, who shared with us the theory of spatial aesthetics refined by Japanese author Tanizaki Junichiro, which was extended to the realm of the difference of western and eastern aesthetics as well as future architecture development. “Aesthetics, do not exist in being, but shadow of being”. In the book, the author clarifies that in Japanese culture, aesthetics of architecture are created in a delicate and subtle way, which differs from the baldness and straightforwardness of western architecture.

After the introduction of the era in which the author lived in by Mr. Huang, the splash set by the intruding western culture in the tranquil Japanese culture became more tangible and comprehensible. Last but not the least, Dr. Jung and Mr. Bian both stated that as architects, we should shoulder the responsibility of passing on the oriental culture and aesthetic spirit.

Idea Exchange | Forest Dining Club Project Sharing Session 1

2017-10-13

With the purpose of both individual and team development, PLAT ASIA starts a whole new activity-Project Experience Sharing Session. During the 1st session, senior designer Liu Guowei shared the details of the ongoing project-Forest Dining Club, including the initial design concept, scheme design and design development. During the session, team members who have not participated in the project also shared their thoughts and generated new possibilities for the project.

Media | PLAT ASIA wins ICONIC AWARDS 2017-BEST OF BEST

2017-10-04

During the award ceremony of Iconic Awards 2017 held by German Design Council, PLAT ASIA was honored with ICONIC AWARDS 2017-BEST OF BEST.

Iconic Awards is a design competition held by German Design Council, aiming at discovering innovative designs with trans-disciplinary qualities and fostering international communication among the disciplines of architecture, interior and product design.

Idea Exchange | PLAT ASIA 7 Year Anniversary Interim Meeting

2017-09-26

Until 26th, Sep, 2017, PLAT ASIA has been founded for 7 years. We celebrated the start of the 8th year with the new working environment and atmosphere.

During the interim meeting, Chairman Mr. Bian Baoyang made a conclusion for the past year’s work and set new goals for the year to come. President Dr. Donghyun Jung set a blue print for the future prosperity, after which vice-president Mr. Seungbo Ryu and all intermediate designers shared their thoughts about design and future prospects. In the year to come, PLAT ASIA would make more transitions for future development.

Talk | 798 Art Festival-DPU 2017

2017-09-18

On 18th, Sep, 2017, PLAT ASIA president Dr. Donghyun Jung shared with designers of various disciplines about his views of sustainable urban design, with Xiangshawan Desert Hotel as the example. PLAT ASIA has extended the future urban development to the neglected desert area, exploring the possibility of constructing net-carbon footprint and self-supporting desert architecture, making desert city a tangible future.

Media | PLAT ASIA was honored with Award of Commendation in the 9th Weihai International Architecture Design Competition

2017-09-15

Xiangshawan Lotus Hotel, which was designed through PLAT ASIA’s exploration of future urban development, was honored with Award of Commendation in the 9th Weihai International Architecture Design Competition. The competition was held by Architectural Society of China, Shandong Housing Development Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority. There is a total of 2 Gold Awards, 5 Silver Awards, 11 Bronze Awards and 99 Awards of Commendation.

With the constant urban expansion in China, PLAT ASIA believes that desert, this long forgotten portion of terrain, bears the future trend of urban development, and Xiangshawan Lotus Hotel, therefore, would be the turning point of the urban expansion even in next generations. Herewith, PLAT ASIA would continue to create architecture with high social values.

Exhibitions | Dr. Donghyun Jung, president of PLAT ASIA was invited to 100 Architects of the year International Exhibition 2017 held by UIA

2017-09-05

On 5th, Nov, 2017, Xiangshawan Lotus Hotel by Dr. Donghyun Jung enters 100 Architects of the year International Exhibition 2017 held by UIA.

UIA is an influential international architect association, whichemphasizes architectural performance in sustainability, perseverance in social and cultural value, as well as its relationship with the common. The association has also put extensive efforts in improvement of living conditions, intervention of different ethnic groups and pursuit of social development, through the reconstruction of destroyed cities and villages.

Project |

2017-08-15

Program | PLAT ASIA wins the bid of service architecture design project in Weihe

2017-05-15

Program | Aranya Restaurant Breaks Ground

2017-05-05

Program | PLAT ASIA wins the bid of landscape design project along railway in Xi'an

2016-12-29

Exchange | Grid systems

2016-12-26

Media | PLAT ASIA enters Architectural Society of China Award

2016-11-15

As a young architecture design studio, PLAT ASIA enters Architectural Society of China Award 2016(Public Session), outpaced a considerable number of design institutes with its high standard of design flair. The competition was held by Architectural Society of China branch office and Architecture Technique. There is a total of 19 Gold Awards, 51 Silver Awards and 79 Awards for Nomination.

In the backdrop of unprecedented social transition, PLAT ASIA, as a design team, has shouldered the responsibility of discovering the transient oriental culture through the vicissitude of time and passing on the invaluable culture to next generations. In the future, PLAT ASIA would continue the exploration of high-standard designs.

Media

2016-10-31

Program | Xiangshawan lotus hotel would be open to public

2016-01-02

Exchange

2015-12-28

Exhibition

2015-09-25

Exchange

2014-12-17

Lecture

2014-11-15

Lecture

2014-10-20

Exchange

2014-09-27

Exhibition

2014-09-09

HAPPY HOUR | SHARE

2014-08-05

HAPPY HOUR | SHARE

2014-06-06

HAPPY HOUR | SHARE

2014-03-31

PLaT Annual Conference

2014-01-07

Idea Exchange | Reading: Summary, prospect and share

2013-12-30

HAPPY HOUR | SHARE

2013-11-28

HAPPY HOUR | SHARE

2013-11-12

Idea Exchange | Reading:《Collage City 2nd》

2013-11-06

Idea Exchange | Reading:《 Collage City 1st》

2013-10-21

Idea Exchange | HAPPY HOUR: TOPIC - Frank Gary

2013-09-28

Idea Exchange | Reading:《city》

2013-09-25

Idea Exchange | 2013 Seto Arts Festival

2013-09-02

Reading Seminar | The death and life of great American cities

2013-08-26

Discussion

2013-06-25

In the afternoon of June 19th, architect Su Zhen in
PLaT Architects shared his observation and study in ten-days architecture field
trip in Greece.

Mr. Su showed us the projects that we only had access
from books, and also the lives of local people, especially architects. In the
discussion, we shared our opinions on architectures of Greek culture, which is
the origin of western architecture. In the mean while, we also tried to find
out the origin of architecture in the eastern culture.

Discussion seminars give us opportunities to learn different knowledge and experience every time.

Activity | Mr.SHUHEI ENDO visiting PLaT Architects

2013-06-15

In response to the invitation of Mr. Maeda, famous
Japanese contemporary architect Mr. SHUHEI ENDO visited PLaT Architects
yesterday.

Dr. Jung and Mr. Maeda showed Mr.ENDO some projects in China of recent
years in detail. Mr. ENDO was very interested in the projects as well as the
working methodology of PLaT Architects. He brought out some thoughts, and
expressed his hope in further discussion with PLaT Architects on topics of Chinese culture and environment,
and cultural difference, etc.

Afterwards, Mr. Bian exchanged gifts with our Japanese
friends and took pictures.

Program | PLaT Architects’ project winning the bid of CBD urban planning in the Jinghe new district in Xi’an

Jinghe new district is a national urban development
plan to the north of Xixian new district. CBD is 2.8 km2, being the focus of
the new district design. There were many design institutes from Suzhou, Zhuangzhou,
Singapore and Xi’an itself participated in the bidding. Multiple teams in PLaT
worked together on the project in one and a half months, and we won the bidding
in jury on May 15th.

We think that CBD is not only a collection of high
density buildings, but also need to realistically consider the emergence of the
city, the stage of development, optimal land management, etc. The very center
of CBD ought to be public landscape with water for people to relax and have
entertainment, instead of buildings. The design of inner ring makes high
efficiency of traffic possible, and creates well circulation connections for
people to move in between the buildings. Designing for people and bringing people
together make CBD energetic.

Lecture | Juzheng Huang

2013-04-26

The chief editor of “Architect” magazine Juzheng Huang
brought us a lecture with a topic of “the distance between modern architecture
and classicism” this afternoon. He discussed Alvar
Aalto, Mies Van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Giuseppe Terragni and their
connection with classicism. Following the lecture, he shared his unique
perspective towards architecture in China in Q&A, and discussed with
architects here.

Reading seminar | Radiant City

2013-04-23

Continuing last
week’s topic Radiant City by Le Corbusier, we discussed his ideal city
intensely. Mr. Maeda brought up different ideas. He thought that Radiant City
is not what Corbusier wanted to build in reality, but he was to criticize the
materiality through the unrealistic ideas in the society. The purpose is to
awake people of the generation, especially architects and planners. Corbusier
was examining the society with his foresight, and writing out his belief with
passion and creative blue prints.

After two months
of reading and analyzing Le Corbusier, young architects here now have basic
ideas about his time and works. We learned from each other by communicating
opinions through the two seminars. Also, our reading methodologies have been
improved after the recent three seminars as well, which is the goal of PLaT
readings seminars.

Last seminar of “Delirious New York” was highly rated by colleagues,
and architects were enthusiastic about the series. Therefore we aimed our
discussion to another architect--Le Corbusier, and we focused on two of his
books for the topic of Corbusier’s city and architecture this week: Towards
New Architecture and Radiant City.

Architect Huang Qingsong hosted this reading seminar and briefly
introduced the background, main ideas and influences of Towards New
Architecture. In the discussion, architects brought out different opinions
about the specifics in the book and its impact on modern architecture. We reached
to a conclusion that in order to be an architect who is sensitive to the
environmental change, one should be able to challenge the existing tradition
while holding on the responsibility to the current society.

Lecture | Working Experience in an Architecture Firm

2013-04-14

In the morning of April 12th, PLaT Architects was honored
to invite Professor Zo Jinman for a lecture. Prof. Zo got his Bachelor’s degree
from Hanyang University and Master’s from Tsinghua University. He was the chief
architect in the Beijing office of IROJE Architects, following a position in a
famous architecture firm in Netherland for four years. He is currently a
professor in Hanyang University.

Prof. Zo Jinman presented the working environment, process and
methodology in the architecture firm in Netherland, and discussed with us.
While architects were impressed about the amount of workload on a project,
Prof. Zo stated that perfect state of work is not the compiling of time, but
the everyday experience contributing to projects bidding and design.

Architects applauded warmly in the end of the lecture to thank Prof.
Zo for the deep and thoughtful lecture.

Activity | Happy one hour

2013-04-12

Starting from April 11th, there
will be one hour of communication and activities every Thursday afternoon. The
arrangement is for people to sit in together and share the fun aspects of
design. Dr. Jung hosted the HAPPY ONE HOUR for this week. He discussed the
topic of “Eighty Years of Japanese Modern Architecture and Toyo Ito” -- the
winner of Pritzker Price 2013, based on his many years of experience in Japan.

PLaT Reading Group | Delirious New York

2013-01-08

In the afternoon of January 7th,
the reading group lead by Mr. Maeda became an event for PLaT. All architects in
PLaT share a great reading discussion group from now on.

In
today’s discussion, Qiao Wenke introduced Delirious
New York by Rem Koolhaas. Architects discussed about the background of the
book, methodologies, and ambiguous conclusion in the book. Later on, we
analyzed specific chapters to understand the architectural language of Koolhaas
and the books influence to his later works.

Many
questions were brought out as well, such as strangely written words. We
communicated on those difficult chapters, and shared our own ideas, which was
tremendously helpful to understanding the book. Also, there were many
suggestion and hopes to the reading group and its future.

PLaT Seminar | parametric design

2012-10-23

We invited Architect Su Bo of China Architecture Design & Research Group for a lecture concerning parametric design on October 22nd. Mr. Su showed us two projects -- Phoenix International Media Center and Union Life Support Center.

First of all, Mr. Su demonstrated the design process of Phoenix International Media Center and the parametric skin design and its practice, including software, specs and construction. He then showed us a completely different idea of design in the project of Union Life Support Center, and talked about the future trend in architectural design. Architects actively discussed around parametric design afterwards, and Mr. Su offered answers in detail for our questions.

PLaT Seminar | Beijing Design Week: 751D•PARK

2012-10-08

PLaT
Architects held a two-hour seminar in 751D·PARK in October 3rd, 2012. Three
architects of PLaT: Jung Donghyun, Bian Baoyang, and Su Zhen participated in
the discussion, and also invited the chief editor of China Construction News—Ma Shenghong. The first part of the seminar
was Dr. Jung Donghyun’s lecture, titled in “Augmented Ground”. He mainly talked
about PLaT Architects’ philosophy and thoughts in architecture and projects.
The second part of the seminar was a discussion around specific problems of
architecture, society and urban condition. Three architects as well as Editor
Ma talked about the current architectural environment in China and some recent
projects and constructions in depth. Audiences actively proposed questions
about other topics and their thoughts about architects such as I.M.Pei and Shu
Wang.

PLaT Lecture | Skyscrapers

2012-06-04

On May 30th, PLaT was honored to have Scott Sarvet, American architect and the Chief of smdp ,

their designs, and how the materials are chosen .He also talked about how they completed the

design within the regulations and codes.

Later during the Q&A session, Mr. Sarvet answered the questions from PLaT architects, such as how

to control the progress of the projects.Also,they had concerns about the techniques of effficient

team-working.

PLaT Seminar | A Study on the Pritzker Prize Winner Wang Shu

2012-05-03

When the announcement that the 2012 Pritzker Prize goes to Wang Shu, the 49-year-old architect and professor of the Architecture School at China Academy of Art was

made, people were surprised to realize that masters could be so close to us. Therefore,

the topic of the latest PLaT seminar was decided to be a study on Wang Shu’s works

and ideas.

The seminar was held in the afternoon of April 27th. PLaT architect Su Zhen gave a

presentation on Wang Shu’s works and ideas based his study and understanding,

followed by active discussions among PLaT architects on various subjects such as

what made Wang the winner and how his work play a leading role for future

architecture design.

Project | XJW Culture Center Breaks Ground

2012-05-02

XJW Culture Center finally broke ground in March and the foundation is mostly finished by now.

XJW Culture Center is located in Jungar Banner of Ordos, Inner Mongolia. It is a mixed-use cultural facility including a theatre, five cinemas, the youth culture center, the senior culture center, a museumetc. The floor area is5746㎡ . It is expected to be completed in 2014.

Activity | Final Results of the Ordos Trip Photo Competition

2012-04-20

The Erdos trip Photo Competition has finally come to a conclusion after the vote lasting for a week.

Among all the contestants, three winners came to the fore. They are Wenke Qiao, Yan Xiong and

Xinwei Liu winning the prizes in the categories of Architecture, Nature and People respectively.

The winners have received exquisite gifts from PLaT as award.

The competition was highly evaluated afterwards since it enabled people to review the sceneries

through others’ eyes and to get a better understanding of the architecture and the local culture

through others’ thoughts. The posttrip events as well as the warmup seminar made the Erdos trip

even more complete and meaningful.

PLaT lecture | The Oriental Expression in Modern Visual Art

2012-04-17

In order to get a better understanding of the oriental art history and the connection between

architecture and oriental culture as well as to study how the oriental characteristics are conveyed

in art works, PLaT invited Dr. Yingwen Wu from Central Academy of Fine Arts, the school of liberal art,

to give a lecture on the topic of The Oriental Expression in Modern Visual Art.

The lecture was devided into five sections according to the historical background and style of

different modern artists. The detailed introduction on the works of the modern artists including “

Sidajingang”, Ai Weiwei, Bandi Zhao etc. proved that the key point of appreciating an art piece is to

understand the historical background and the artist’s idea behind it.

Activity | PLaT Salon@ Ordos

2012-04-06

The Ordos trip starting from Mar 28th to Apr 1st came to a conclusion after a series of

PLaT Exchange

The latest regular PLaT exchange was held on February 13th, 2012.The seminar went fairly well thanks

to the effortless preparation made by the PLaT staff. Several representatives of the company gave

introspective reviews on the complete projects, which led to active responses and intense discussions.

Topics and Arrangement

Qt: The identity of PLaT; Proposal for the landscape of XSW Hotel

Bby: Qualities of PLaT

Qwk: Reflections

Sz: summary of the PSY project

Xy: summary of the HT Elementary School

PLaT Lecture | Comparison Between Eastern and Western Culture and Architecture

2012-02-01

On Jan 18th 2012, we were honored to have Mr. Luo Zhongzhao, well-known architect and urban planner of contemporary China, to give us a lecture on the Comparison Between Eastern and Western Culture and Architecture.

Mr. Luo introduced the similarities and differences between eastern and western culture and architecture through detailed comparisons from the perspectives of philosophy, civilization and techniques respectively.

The feedbacks of PLaT staff have reflected great interests towards the lecture since every single image shown during the lecture was intensively responded and discussed based on individual understanding of architecture and culture.

Activity | PLaT mini school

2012-01-20

On the November 28th of 2011, PLaT invited experts from BIM to give a short term training course on design softwares, aiming at improving the design skills of the staff and the quality of the overall layout of the projects.

The course was divided into two sessions. The first session (from Nov 28th to Dec 9th) involved intense classes while the second session (from Dec 12th to Jan) focused mostly on practice, presentations and feedbacks

The training course was a successful experience for PLaT since the designing capability of the staff was greatly enhanced, which resulted in higher quality of the projects.

PLaT Lecture | View Stones and Chinese Culture

2012-01-17

On the 5th of January, 2012, Mr. Kangyi Hou, the Consultant of the View Stone Association of China and well-known stone connoisseur, was invited to PLaT to deliver a lecture on the subject of View Stones and Chinese Culture.

Since one of the ongoing projects of PLaT is an exhibition center for view stones, Mr. Hou’s lecture made a good start for us to find out the cultural relation between architecture and the stones and hopefully that will lead to a successful design concept.

On the Seminar, Mr. Hou gave a detailed introduction on the cultural background and the aesthetic spirit of the view stones and answered the questions regarding view stones and view stone appreciation raised by PLaT staff individually.

This seminar was a fruitful experience for PLaT not only because it introduced approaches to our project but also offered us a chance to get a better understanding on traditional art and culture.

PLaT Annual Conference

2011-12-20

From Dec the 16th to the 17th, the 2011 PLaT Annual Conference was held at Beijing Longxi Hot Spring Resort. During the meeting, Mr. Bian publicly acknowledged the achievement made by PLaT staff members in the past year and announced company’s goals and prospects for the upcoming year. Meanwhile, the PLaT Staff Handbook(trial version) was released containing complete rules and policies of the company. A series of leisure activities were arranged after the meeting, including dinner party, Karaoke, sports games and hot spring spas etc.

PLaT Seminar

2011-11-14

On the 11th of November, the latest seminar in PLaT was held on the subject of architectural trips.

Ms. Chu talked about her own experiences traveling in the US and gave a detailed introduction on American architecture as part of her presentation, which enabled PLaT staff to get a closer view of American architecture. Mr. Bian, Mr. Jung and other PLaT architects also took part in the discussion and shared their own experiences and understandings on architectural trips.

PLaT Seminar | Architecture for the elderly

2011-10-31

On the 28th of October, a seminar on architecture for the elderly was held in the conference room by PLaT architects.

During the seminar, Dr. Jung, the general manager Mr. Li and Mr. Ren gave a presentation about the experiences on the Chinese and Japanese Apartment for the Elderly Forum and the ideas from the study trip in Tokyo. They introduced the original and remarkable designs of service buildings for the elderly in Japan with vivid language and plenty of pictures. The present PLaT architects were greatly impressed by the architectural details and the human-based designs by the Japanese architects.

They carried out an active discussion on the comparison between the nursing homes in China and in Japan afterwards and acquired abundant new knowledge from it.

Activity | 1st Anniversary of the Establishment of PLaT

2011-09-26

In appreciation of the support from our business partners and fellows, and the brilliant contribution made by our hardworking and creative staff members in the past year, an anniversary party was held in the headquarter of PLaT on Sep 25th. The guests included fellows from architectural institutions and studios. The conversations and discussions on architectural issues between the guests and the PLaT staff throughout the party were favorable. In addition, Bian Baoyang, the CEO of PLaT, publicly acknowledged the unconditional support of fellows from different fields. The guests had dinner with PLaT staff at Lan Club after the party.

Activity | 2011 Summer Workshop Comes to a Conclusion

2011-09-20

In the past month, PLaT has witnessed a most active interaction between the five Japanese students and the PLaT staff. The Japanese students participated in the ongoing projects of PLaT under the supervision of Dr. Jung and Mr. Maeda. Meanwhile, they successfully completed the research project of “Beijing Impression” by thoroughly observing, experiencing and documenting the traditional Chinese Residence of Hutong. The students have returned to Japan after the internship.

Activity | 2011 Summer workshop program Kick Off!

2011-08-11

This morning, 5 students from Kobe Design University, Japan, started their summer internship in PLaT with a seminar introducing their current program, curriculum provision, studio works, and the purpose of this intern trip.

Activity | PLaT Salon@Miyun, Beijing

2011-08-10

A group meeting for PLaT staff was held in Chateau Changyu AFIP, Miyun, through August 8th to August 9th. Issues including our ideals and values, plans and goals were further developed on the meeting. In the spare time, a series of leisure activities were arranged including dinner party, Karaoke, Chateau tour, wine-tasting and grape-picking, which had greatly enhanced the relationship between staff members.